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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: 270Shooter on July 05, 2010, 10:13:38 PM

Title: bull trout
Post by: 270Shooter on July 05, 2010, 10:13:38 PM: I think I caught a bull trout today in the naches river, can anyone verify what it is? Just to be clear, I didn't take it out of the water or even touch it, I just gave him some slack and off he went.(http://C:\Documents and Settings\Shelly\My Documents\My Pictures\1\jimsfish2.jpg)
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: sirfunkeybut on July 06, 2010, 12:49:03 AM: i call them squafish(spelling). i think that they're actually called northern pikeminnows. and they have a bounty on them.

http://www.pikeminnow.org/2010-directions.html (http://www.pikeminnow.org/2010-directions.html)
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: PA BEN on July 06, 2010, 05:47:55 AM: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.moldychum.com/storage/Bull-Trout.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.moldychum.com/home-old/2009/12/9/gone-for-decades-bull-trout-could-soon-return-to-the-clackam.html&h=282&w=740&sz=44&tbnid=FFb0D_TCpSywtM:&tbnh=54&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbull%2Btrout&usg=__rMLaDuWRK3OQdMAJQ9P6Lc926N8=&sa=X&ei=1SUzTP-bD42csQPXtpzgBQ&ved=0CCIQ9QEwAA (http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.moldychum.com/storage/Bull-Trout.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.moldychum.com/home-old/2009/12/9/gone-for-decades-bull-trout-could-soon-return-to-the-clackam.html&h=282&w=740&sz=44&tbnid=FFb0D_TCpSywtM:&tbnh=54&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbull%2Btrout&usg=__rMLaDuWRK3OQdMAJQ9P6Lc926N8=&sa=X&ei=1SUzTP-bD42csQPXtpzgBQ&ved=0CCIQ9QEwAA)
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on July 06, 2010, 06:53:53 AM: tough to tell from the picture, but I can't see an adipose fin there...not sure what you have. If it was a bull trout, congrats and glad it was released without being harmed.
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: fishcrazy on July 06, 2010, 07:21:54 AM: Squaw fish. the PC name for them is Northern Pike minnow. I have never understood why they call them a minnow. :dunno:

Kill every single one you catch. They basically live off steelhead and salmon fry. BAD FISH!! Like was said above they have a pretty good size bounty in the Columbia river on them. Some guys have make over 100k fishing for them. :yike: The more you catch the more they give you per fish. They allso have bonus tagged fish.

Kris
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: ing on July 06, 2010, 07:31:59 AM: Looks like a squaw to me. You'll know a bull when you catch one... Big mouths, sharp teeth and they'll strike at just about anything you throw in the water.
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: 270Shooter on July 06, 2010, 10:29:01 AM: Well now I feel like a *censored* :chuckle: kinda pissed I didnt kill the thing now :bash:
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: bow4elk on July 06, 2010, 11:13:16 AM: look at the mouth - squaw fish.
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: fishnate on July 06, 2010, 05:19:35 PM: Squaw Kill it! Shoot kill bulltrout worse than squaws on steelies and salmon. :chuckle:
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: 270Shooter on July 06, 2010, 07:05:19 PM: I never realized that they were in rivers like the naches, I thought they were only on the columbia. Live and learn I guess, I will kill the rest of these that I catch.
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: sirfunkeybut on July 06, 2010, 07:07:42 PM: i caught one nearly every minute one day on the yakima. no lie i couldn't keep my line in the water without catching one. it only lasted about half hour but it was hit after hit.
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: yelp on July 06, 2010, 08:23:15 PM: Quote from: 270Shooter on July 06, 2010, 10:29:01 AM
Well now I feel like a *censored* :chuckle: kinda pissed I didnt kill the thing now :bash:

I just hope you didn't get it mounted! :chuckle:
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: 270Shooter on July 06, 2010, 08:32:02 PM: Quote from: yelp on July 06, 2010, 08:23:15 PM
Quote from: 270Shooter on July 06, 2010, 10:29:01 AM
Well now I feel like a *censored* :chuckle: kinda pissed I didnt kill the thing now :bash:

I just hope you didn't get it mounted! :chuckle:
:DOH: :DOH: :DOH: :DOH: :DOH: :DOH: :DOH: :DOH: :DOH: :DOH:
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: Dustin07 on July 07, 2010, 08:41:35 AM: why would they have tagged a bounty problem fish like a squaw?

dolly vardens are really pretty fish though, you'll know when you catch one.
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: Ironhead on July 08, 2010, 08:11:26 PM: Quote from: Dustin07 on July 07, 2010, 08:41:35 AM
why would they have tagged a bounty problem fish like a squaw?
So that more people will fish for them.
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: 270Shooter on July 08, 2010, 08:37:21 PM: Caught like 30 more squaws the other day, and my friend caught this big rainbow, took like 4 minutes to land, and she was full of eggs. Put her back in the water, and away she went.(http://C:\Documents and Settings\Shelly\My Documents\My Pictures\1\cody's steelhead\0707101513a.jpg)
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: Alchase on July 12, 2010, 01:58:04 PM: Nice fish 270shooter!!
Title: Re: bull trout
Post by: ribka on July 12, 2010, 08:02:29 PM: That is a nice size bow for the Naches